UK politics live: Burnham says he wants to fight next election on plan for new taxes to pay for free social care in England

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Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England

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PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said that he is going to “rip the plaster off” to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England. The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by “everybody” but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for. Continue reading...

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Burnham announces scheme to help first-time buyers onto housing ladder

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The Guardian·9h ago

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